Climate Change

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on her plans for meeting the target for carbon dioxide reduction by 2010.

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the Government's UK carbon dioxide targets.

Margaret Beckett: The Government published the 2006 Climate Change Programme on 28 March. The policies and measures in the programme are expected to reduce UK carbon dioxide emissions by 15 to 18 per cent. by 2010 compared with 1990 levels.

Climate Change

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the climate change review.

Elliot Morley: A new Climate Change Programme was published on 28 March. It will advance progress to tackle climate change domestically and to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding was allocated to Dorset and Somerset strategic health authority in each year since 2001.

Caroline Flint: The information in the following tables shows the funding allocation for health authorities and primary care trusts (PCTs) since 2001. From 2003, funding allocation was made to individual PCTs.
	
		Revenue allocations to HAs in Dorset and Somerset strategic health authority 2001–02 and 2002–03 £000
		
			  2001–02 2002–03 
		
		
			 Dorset health authority 526,399 582,186 
			 Somerset health authority 344,794 379,361 
			 Dorset and Somerset SHA 871,193 961,547 
		
	
	
		Revenue allocations to PCTs in Dorset and Somerset SHA from 2003–04 to 2007–08 £000
		
			  2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 
		
		
			 Bournemouth Teaching 150,577 164,922 180,054 212,879 231,530 
			 Mendip 83,263 91,525 100,068 121,820 135,946 
			 North Dorset 75,209 81,940 88,946 106,648 116,559 
			 Poole 147,167 160,339 174,048 206,103 223,879 
			 Somerset Coast 116,393 127,991 140,301 175,041 195,512 
			 South and East Dorset 132,472 144,375 156,956 188,073 205,872 
			 South Somerset 124,979 136,164 147,807 176,117 192,456 
			 South West Dorset 122,640 134,315 146,636 173,083 190,469 
			 Taunton Deane 86,195 94,443 103,125 125,141 137,943 
			 Dorset and Somerset SHA 1,038,896 1,136,014 1,237,940 1,484,905 1,630,168

General Practitioners

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general practitioners and (b) NHS dentists there were per head of population in (i) England and (ii) Taunton constituency in each year since 1997.

Caroline Flint: Population data at constituency level is not available. The numbers of general medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) and dentists per 100,000 population have been provided for England and Taunton Deane Primary Care Trust (PCT) are shown as follows.
	
		General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars)(2) per 100,000 population in England and the specified organisations, 1997–2004
		
			  England Taunton Deane PCT 
		
		
			 1997 57.6 — 
			 1998 57.9 — 
			 1999 58.1 — 
			 2000 58.1 — 
			 2001 58.2 95.5 
			 2002 58.8 71.2 
			 2003 60.9 71.4 
			 2004 62.9 73.6 
			 2005 — — 
		
	
	(2) General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes contracted general practitioners, GMS others and PMS others. Prior to September 2004 this group included GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other, flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners.
	Source:
	The Information Centre for Health and Social Care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics Office for National Statistics 2001 Population Census
	
		General dental services and personal dental services: Number of dentists per 100,000 population in England and the specified organisations as at 30 September 1997–2005
		
			  England Taunton Deane PCT 
		
		
			 1997 34.3 — 
			 1998 35.2 — 
			 1999 36.2 — 
			 2000 36.9 — 
			 2001 37.9 58.5 
			 2002 38.2 56.8 
			 2003 38.6 62.9 
			 2004 39.4 63.2 
			 2005(3)(4) 41.7 69.8 
		
	
	(3) Official 2005 population data are not yet available. 2005 data have therefore been estimated using Office for National Statistics 2004 mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 census as these are the latest available.
	(4) Estimate.
	Source:
	The Information Centre for Health and Social Care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics Office for National Statistics 2001 Population Census

Heating Fuel Costs

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry by how much the cost of heating fuel has changed in each year since 1997.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 18 April 2006
	Percentages real terms year-on-year price changes for those fuels used in the domestic sector are shown in the following table.
	
		Year-on-year percentage price changes since 1997 Fuel
		
			  Coal and smokeless fuels Gas Electricity Heating oils Total fuel and light 
		
		
			 1996 to 1997 -2 -4 -8 -5 -6 
			 1997 to 1998 -2 -6 -7 -19 -7 
			 1998 to 1999 0 -3 -3 +10 -3 
			 1999 to 2000 0 -4 -3 +39 -2 
			 2000 to 2001 +2 0 -3 ' -5 -2 
			 2001 to 2002 +2 +3 -3 -8 0 
			 2002 to 2003 -1 -1 -2 +8 -1 
			 2003 to 2004 +3 +5 +4 +12 +5 
			 2004 to 2005 +8 +10 +7 +26 +11 
		
	
	Source:
	Retail Price Index, Office for National Statistics

Education Finance

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average expenditure on education per pupil was in the (a) primary and (b) secondary sector in (i) Southend and (ii) Essex local education authority in each year since 1976.

Jacqui Smith: The following tables contain the information requested:
	
		Education expenditure(15) per pupil, 1992–93 to 2004–05, cash terms figures as reported by local authorities(16) as at 11 April 2006 £ per pupil
		
			  Essex local authority (pre local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998)(16) 
			  School based expenditure per pupil(17) Combined local authority and school based expenditure per pupil(19) 
			  Primary Pre-primary and primary Secondary Primary Pre-primary and primary Secondary 
		
		
			 1992–93 n/a 1,480 2,340 n/a 1,590 2,700 
			 1993–94 n/a 1,690 2,410 n/a 1,780 2,790 
			 1994–95 n/a 1,740 2,320 n/a 1,850 2,880 
			 1995–96 n/a 1,760 2,340 n/a 1,910 2,870 
			 1996–97 n/a 1,790 2,470 n/a 1,950 3,080 
			 1997–98(21) n/a 1,740 2,580 n/a 1,910 3,260 
		
	
	On the 1 April 1998 Essex local authority was reorganised and split into Essex, Southend and Thurrock local authorities. The unit costs for Essex and Southend local authorities are provided in the following table:
	
		Essex local authority (post local government reorganisation)(16) £ per pupil
		
			  School based expenditure per pupil(17)(18) Combined local authority and school based expenditure per pupil(19) 
			  Primary Pre-primary and primary Secondary Primary Pre-primary and primary Secondary 
		
		
			 1998–99(21) n/a 1,950 2,690 n/a 2,140 3,330 
			
			 1999–2000(22) 1,970 1,970 2,730 2,110 2,180 2,950 
			 2000–01 2,240 2,250 2,860 2,390 2,460 3,090 
			 2001–02 2,460 2,480 3,190 2,600 2,730 3,430 
			
			 2002–03 2,570 n/a 3,270 n/a n/a n/a 
			 2003–04 2,750 n/a 3,560 n/a n/a n/a 
			 2004–05(23) 2,900 n/a 3,780 n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	
		Southend local authority(16) £ per pupil
		
			  School based expenditure per pupil(17)(18) Combined local authority and school based expenditure per pupil(19) 
			  Primary Pre-primary and primary Secondary Primary Pre-primary and primary Secondary 
		
		
			 1998–99(21) n/a 1,870 2,580 n/a 2,000 3,210 
			
			 1999–2000(22) 2,040 2,040 2,740 2,140 2,200 2,890 
			 2000–01 2,220 2,230 2,980 2,320 2,410 3,150 
			 2001–02 2,530 2,560 3,170 2,700 2,850 3,420 
			 2002–03 2,590 n/a 3,370 n/a n/a n/a 
			
			 2003–04 2,730 n/a 3,700 n/a n/a n/a 
			 2004–05(23) 2,860 n/a 3,810 n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	n/a=Figures are not available.
	(15) The expenditure data to 1998–99 are drawn from the annual 'RO1' spending returns which local authorities submitted to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (now the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister). Figures for 1999–00 to 2001–02 are drawn from Section 52 (Table 3) Outturn statements which local authorities submitted to the DfES. Figures for 2002–03 onwards are taken from the recasted Section 52 (Table A) Outturn statements. The change in sources is shown by the blank rows.
	(16) Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) took place on the 1 April 1998. What was previously defined as Essex local authority pre LGR was split into Essex, Southend and Thurrock local authorities for the start of the 1998–99 financial year.
	(17) School based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by local authority schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure. The pupil data are drawn from the DfES Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
	(18) From 2002–03 the school based expenditure calculation is broadly similar to the calculation in previous years. However, 2001–02 and earlier years includes all premature retirement compensation (PRC) and Crombie payments, mandatory PRC payments and other indirect employee expenses, while from 2002–03 only the schools element of these categories is included. In 2001–02 this accounted for approximately £70 per pupil of the England total, while the schools element of these categories accounted for approximately £50 per pupil of the England total in 2002–03. Also, for some LAs, expenditure that had previously been attributed to the school sectors was reported within the LA part of the form from 2002–03 and would therefore be excluded, though this is not quantifiable from existing sources.
	(19) Combined local authority and school based expenditure includes all expenditure on the education of children in local authority maintained establishments and pupils educated by the authority other than in maintained establishments. This includes both school based expenditure and all elements of central LA expenditure except youth and community and capital expenditure from revenue (CERA). From 2002–03 onwards, certain elements of central local authority expenditure cannot be attributed to a particular phase of education and consequently a sector breakdown is no longer available. Pupil figures include all pre-primary pupils, including those under 5s funded by the authority and being educated in private settings (only available from 1999–00), pupils educated in maintained mainstream schools and any other local authority maintained pupils. All pupil numbers are adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
	(20) Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999–00.
	(21) Spending in 1997–98 reflects the transfer of monies from local government to central government for the nursery vouchers scheme. These were returned to local government from 1998–99.
	(22) The expenditure data for 1999–00 onwards reflect the return of grant maintained schools to local authority maintenance.
	(23) 2004–05 data is subject to change by the local authority.
	Note:
	Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.

GCSEs

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils achieved (a) one or more A* to C, (b) five or more A* to C and (c) five or more A* to G grades at GCSE in (i) England, (ii) Somerset and (iii) Taunton constituency in each year since 1997.

Jacqui Smith: The following table shows the percentage of pupils achieving one or more A* to G grades and one or more A* to C grades. Constituency level figures for pupils achieving one or more A* to C grades at GCSE can be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
	
		Percentage of 15-year-old pupils(24) achieving one or more GCSEs or equivalents(25) at the grades listed
		
			  A*to G A*to C 
			  England(26) Somerset local authority(27) Taunton constituency4, 5 England(26) Somerset local authority(27) Taunton constituency 
		
		
			 1997 92.3 95.9 95.8 70.5 75.5 n/a 
			 1998 93.4 96.7 97.2 71.4 77.1 n/a 
			 1999 94.0 96.9 97.5 72.6 78.0 n/a 
			 2000 94.4 96.8 96.6 73.6 79.0 n/a 
			 2001 94.5 97.2 97.2 74.0 79.1 n/a 
			 2002 94.6 97.3 98.6 75.2 79.0 n/a 
			 2003 94.8 96.0 96.9 75.6 79.2 n/a 
			 2004 95.9 96.0 95.8 75.8 71 .8 n/a 
			 2005 96.4 96.9 97.1 77.5 71.6 n/a 
		
	
	(24) Aged 15 at the start of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
	(25) From 1997 includes GNVQ equivalences and from 2004 all other equivalences approved for use pre 16.
	(26) England figures include all schools, including independent schools, hospital schools and PRUs.
	(27) LA and constituency level figures only cover maintained schools.
	(28) Pupils attending schools located in Taunton constituency.
	The following table shows the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A* to G grades and five or more A* to C grades.
	
		Percentage of 15-year-old pupils(29) achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalents(30) at the grades listed
		
			  A*to G A*to C 
			  England(31) Somerset local authority(32) Taunton constituency(32)(33) England(31) Somerset local authority(32) Taunton constituency(32)(33) 
		
		
			 1997 86.4 92.5 91.2 45.1 48.9 46.1 
			 1998 87.5 92.3 89.7 46.3 51.2 49.4 
			 1999 88.5 93.7 93.4 47.9 52.7 51.6 
			 2000 88.9 93.4 91.8 49.2 55.3 55.0 
			 2001 88.9 93.0 90.7 50.0 54.7 57.6 
			 2002 88.9 92.7 94.1 51.6 54.8 58.8 
			 2003 88.8 90.3 89.5 52.9 54.9 59.3 
			 2004 88.8 90.1 89.2 53.7 56.4 58.3 
			 2005 89.0 91.0 90.5 56.3 56.5 61.2 
		
	
	(29) Aged 15 at the start of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
	(30) From 1997 includes GNVQ equivalences and from 2004 all other equivalences approved for use pre 16.
	(31) England figures include all schools, including independent schools, hospital schools and PRUs.
	(32) LA and constituency level figures only cover maintained schools.
	(33) Pupils attending schools located in Taunton constituency.

Pathfinder Schools

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  what resources have been allocated to support Pathfinder schools in each of the next five years;
	(2)  how much has been awarded to Pathfinder schools in each of the past two years, broken down by local authority.

Jacqui Smith: The following table shows for each local authority the amount of money allocated to pathfinder projects in schools in the last two years. The figures shown for Building Schools for the Future pathfinder schools for 2005–06 are the amounts notified to local authorities and schools, but will be spent over the next three years. Information on resources for other Pathfinder schools over the next five years is not currently available.
	
		Funding for Pathfinder schools 2004–05 and 2005–06 £
		
			  2005–06 
			 Local authority Enterprise learning pathfinders Key stage 2 language pathfinders Diversity pathfinders Total 2004–05 Building schools for the future pathfinder projects 
		
		
			 Greenwich 130,000 0 0 130,000 (35)213,025,000 
			 Hackney 185,000 0 0 185,000 — 
			 Hammersmith 18,000 0 0 18,000 — 
			 Lambeth 15,000 0 0 15,000 — 
			 Lewisham 10,200 0 0 10,200 (36)98,985,000 
			 Tower Hamlets 210,500 0 0 210,500 — 
			 Wandsworth 75,000 0 0 75,000 — 
			 Westminster 67,828 0 0 67,828 — 
			 Barking 0 88,150 0 88,150 — 
			 Barnet 38,000 0 0 38,000 — 
			 Bexley 3,500 0 0 3,500 — 
			 Brent 36,200 0 0 36,200 — 
			 Bromley 116,571 0 0 116,571 — 
			 Croydon 50,000 0 0 50,000 — 
			 Enfield 0 100,000 0 100,000 — 
			 Haringey 72,000 0 0 72,000 — 
			 Havering 11,000 0 0 11,000 — 
			 Hounslow 110,940 0 0 110,940 — 
			 Merton 24,000 0 0 24,000 — 
			 Newham 64,500 0 0 64,500 — 
			 Redbridge 63,400 0 0 63,400 — 
			 Richmond upon Thames 0 159,165 0 159,165 — 
			 Birmingham 150,000 96,400 0 246,400 — 
			 Coventry 35,720 86,000 0 121,720 — 
			 Dudley 92,904 0 0 92,904 — 
			 Solihull 46,024 0 0 46,024 — 
			 Walsall 24,300 0 0 24,300 — 
			 Knowsley 223,310 48,351 0 271,661 — 
			 Liverpool 59,900 0 0 59,900 — 
			 St. Helens 146,000 0 0 146,000 — 
			 Sefton 23,000 0 0 23,000 — 
			 Bury 390,500 67,180 0 457,680 — 
			 Manchester 90,000 0 0 90,000 — 
			 Oldham 0 122,500 0 122,500 — 
			 Rochdale 25,000 0 0 25,000 — 
			 Trafford 69,600 0 0 69,600 — 
			 Wigan 67,100 0 0 67,100 — 
			 Barnsley 20,000 0 0 20,000 — 
			 Doncaster 34,200 0 0 34,200 — 
			 Rotherham 94,000 0 0 94,000 — 
			 Sheffield 8,820 0 0 8,820 — 
			 Bradford 112,500 0 0 112,500 (37)116,873,000 
			 Calderdale 47,500 0 0 47,500 — 
			 Leeds 18,375 0 0 18,375 — 
			 Wakefield 41,335 0 0 41,335 — 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 25,000 0 0 25,000 — 
			 North Tyneside 63,160 80,354 110,000 253,514 — 
			 South Tyneside 168,000 0 0 168,000 — 
			 Bath and NE Somerset 40,500 0 0 40,500 — 
			 City of Bristol 59,000 0 0 59,000 (38)158,298,000 
			 North Somerset 46,500 0 0 46,500 — 
			 Hartlepool 22,000 0 0 22,000 — 
			 Middlesbrough 5,000 0 0 5,000 — 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 40,150 0 0 40,150 — 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 76,770 0 0 76,770 — 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 63,227 0 63,227 — 
			 North Yorkshire 52,000 0 0 52,000 — 
			 York 33,500 0 0 33,500 — 
			 Bedfordshire 30,000 0 0 30,000 — 
			 Derbyshire 401,145 0 0 401,145 — 
			 Bournemouth 19,850 0 0 19,850 — 
			 Durham 157,000 0 0 157,000 — 
			 Darlington 32,500 0 0 32,500 — 
			 East Sussex 12,900 0 0 12,900 — 
			 Brighton and Hove 57,111 141,587 0 198,698 — 
			 Hampshire 327,550 106,763 0 434,313 — 
			 Portsmouth 70,000 0 92,250 162,250 — 
			 Leicestershire 123,500 0 0 123,500 — 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 40,000 0 0 40,000 — 
			 Wiltshire 91,490 0 0 91,490 — 
			 Swindon 4,000 0 0 4,000 — 
			 Slough 40,000 0 0 40,000 — 
			 Wokingham 23,000 0 0 23,000 — 
			 Cambridgeshire 37,448 0 0 37,448 — 
			 Peterborough 392,800 0 0 392,800 — 
			 Cheshire 32,070 0 0 32,070 — 
			 Halton 150,000 0 0 150,000 — 
			 Warrington 29,000 0 0 29,000 — 
			 Plymouth 42,000 0 0 42,000 — 
			 Essex 448,821 0 0 448,821 — 
			 Southend-on-Sea 159,792 0 0 159,792 — 
			 Thurrock 51,900 0 0 51,900 — 
			 Worcestershire 40,100 0 0 40,100 — 
			 Kent 161,025 0 0 161,025 — 
			 Lancashire 126,817 132,216 0 259,033 — 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 50,300 0 0 50,300 — 
			 Blackpool 33,144 0 0 33,144 — 
			 Nottinghamshire 110,481 98,500 0 208,981 — 
			 Nottingham City 185,500 0 0 185,500 — 
			 Telford and Wrekin 115,000 0 0 115,000 — 
			 Cornwall 420,500 0 0 420,500 — 
			 Cumbria 159,000 0 0 159,000 — 
			 Gloucestershire 20,425 0 0 20,425 — 
			 Hertfordshire 148,100 0 0 148,100 — 
			 Lincolnshire 168,840 0 0 168,840 — 
			 Norfolk 13,500 0 0 13,500 — 
			 Northamptonshire 21,178 0 0 21,178 — 
			 Northumberland 304,010 0 0 304,010 — 
			 Oxfordshire 9,500 0 0 9,500 — 
			 Somerset 105,400 0 0 105,400 — 
			 Suffolk 265,000 0 0 265,000 — 
			 Surrey 5,000 0 0 5,000 — 
			 Warwickshire 154,994 0 0 154,994 — 
			 West Sussex 20,350 0 0 20,350 — 
			 Total 9,165,348 1,390,393 202,250 10,757,991 587,181,000 
		
	
	(35) Includes £116 million Private Finance Initiative credits.
	(36) Includes £58 million Private Finance Initiative credits.
	(37) Includes £110 million Private Finance Initiative credits.
	(38) Includes £151 million Private Finance Initiative credits.

Vandalism

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in each year since 1990.

Hazel Blears: The requested information is given in the tables. Offences of vandalism are recorded within the criminal damage group classification. Crime statistics for Southend are recorded at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) level; and for the offence of criminal damage are available from 2000–01 to 2004–05.
	
		Table 1: Recorded offences of criminal damage—1990 to 1997 Number
		
			 Period Southend CDRP Essex police force area 
		
		
			 1990 — 14,265 
			 1991 — 15,631 
			 1992 — 16,959 
			 1993 — 17,293 
			 1994 — 17,968 
			 1995 — 18,286 
			 1996 — 20,381 
			 1997 — 18,845 
		
	
	Note:
	The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the revised counting rules for recorded crime, which came into effect on 1 April 1998. Therefore, these figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
	
		Table 2: Recorded offences of criminal damage—1998–99 to 2001–02 Number
		
			 Period Southend CDRP Essex police force area 
		
		
			 1998–99 — 18,834 
			 1999–2000 — 21,766 
			 2000–01 3,277 24,673 
			 2001–02 3,267 26,990 
		
	
	Note:
	The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
	
		Table 3: Recorded offences of criminal damage—2002–03 to 2004–05 Number
		
			 Period Southend CDRP Essex police force area 
		
		
			 2002–03 3,598 30,337 
			 2003–04 4,210 34,253 
			 2004–05 4,308 32,406 
		
	
	Note:
	The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.